FIPPA Documents - Joanne St.Lewis and Upper Administration U of O

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Vice-recteur a la gouvernance - Vice-President, Governance

From: Allan Rock

Sent: Wednesday November 12, 2008 5:33 PM

To: Robert Major; Victor Simon; Mona Nemer; Nathalie Des Rosiers

Cc: Andree Dumulon; Julie "Cafley; Alastair Mullin

Subject: RE: Student Appeal Centre Annual Report - Rapport Annuel du Centre de recours etudiant

Merci, Robert, pour vos actions immediates et efficace.

Andree, il faut qu'on se parle pour preparer des reponses (avec I 'aide de Robert
Henri et Joanne), assumant que Madame Mireille va publier vendredL.

Allan

From: Robert Major

Sent: Wednesday November 12, 2008 4:58 PM

To: Allan Rock; Victor Simon; Mona Nemer; Nathalie Des Rosiers

Cc: Andree Dumulon; Julie Cafley; Alastair Mullin

Subject: RE: Student Appeal Centre Annual Report -Rapport Annuel du Centre de recours etudiant

Gestes poses depuis ce matin :

- remis copie du rapport a Henri Wong, en lui demandant son concours pour une analyse ;

- rencontre avec Joanne St-Lewis, prof de droit commun et directrice du Centre de recherche et d'enseignem'ent
suMe^c^itMela^^

m'a signale a quel point elle est severe sur la question du plagiat. Je lui ai demande son concours pour la
redaction d'une reponse, ce qu'elle a accepte immediatement. Elle quittait pour Toronto. Je la revois vendredi
apres-midi, avec Henri, a 14h00.
_j.oom^

membres, etant d"onn6 qu'ils sont le terminus a quo et ad quern de tout ce processus. Lui ai remis copie des
rapports. Nous nous sommes entendus pour concerter nos reactions/
Robert

Robert Major, msrc / frsc

Vice-recteur aux etudes /Vice-President Academic and Provost

Universite d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa

550, rue Cumberland Street

Ottawa (ON) K1N6N5

telephone / telephone : 61 3 562-5737

telecopies / fax : 61 3 562-51 03

mailto:rmajor@ uOttawa.ca

www.uOttawa.ca/vr-etudes-academic

De : Allan Rock

Envoye : Wednesday, November 12, 2008 10:53 AM

A : Robert Major; Victor Simon; Mona Nemer; Nathalie Des Rosiers

Cc : Andree Dumulon; Julie Cafley; Alastair Mullin

Objet : FW: Student Appeal Centre Annual Report - Rapport Annuel du Centre de recours etudiant

We should repeat our request for the detailed information, to which she did not respond. We should also

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Original Message --

From: Joanne St. Lewis '

To: Robert Major; Henri Wong

Cc: Allan Rock

Sent: Sun Nov 16 18:10:40 2008

Subject: R E: NEWS RELEASE .. gtudent Appeal cenfcre reporfc

SSTti'S £??£ £*££. -1-tion of the SAC report

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I am happy to respond to any

Prof. Joanne St. Lewis

Director /Direc trice

Huffi^ Rights" ReS earch" & Education Centre/

Centre de recherche et d • enseignement sur les droit, de la

„ . . uroics de la personne

Unxversxte d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa

Pavilion Pauteux / Fauteux Hall

57 Louis Pasteur

(613) 562-5775

From: Robert Major

Sent: Thursday, November 13 2008 i.i, DM
To, Joanne St. Lewis; Henri Wong ^ ™
Subject: TR: NEWS RELEASE - Sfcud«nf »

*«>»■ Student Appeal Centre report

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Vice-recteur a la gouvernance - Vice-President Governance

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From: Allan Rock

Sent: Monday November 1 7, 2008 1 1 :25 AM

To: Robert Major; Victor Simon; Mona Nemer; Nathalie Des Rosiers

Cc: Andree Dumuion; Julie Cafley

Subject: RE: NEWS RELEASE ~ Student Appeal Centre report

Robert :

I think the report is very well done. My only concern is with the first recommendation
the wording of which seems to assume that there is some racism present already Since '
Professor St. Lewis has already concluded that- there is no evidence of it, such wordina
is wrong and inconsistent with her own. report.

Apart from that, the report looks very sound. I assume any press release will say that we
are going to study the recommendations, since we have to consult the Senate and other
interested parties before coimitting to the time limits and other recommended changes.

One last point. I would like Robert to be the only point of contact for us with Professor
St. Lewis. Although her report is excellent, it may be criticized as not being
"independent" from the administration. So far, our dealings with her have been throuah
Robert and have been scrupulously objective. We have simply sought her view, and have
imposed no limitations, constraints or conditions. She has been entirely free to say
anything she wants. In order to maintain this professional and objective relationship
with her, I want Robert to be the only one in communication with her. Robert can simply
observe that the first recommendation seems inconsistent with her findings It will then
be up to professor St, Lewis to decide whether to make a change. If a number of people
all. send emails and call, we will lose that focus of professionalism and independence.

I will take this matter up with CA at noon today. Robert, will you be able to plug in by
phone?

Allan

Original Message

From: Robert Major

S~mtT~Mon^^ 8": 54" AM

To: Allan Rock; Victor Simon; Mona Nemer; Nathalie Des Rosiers

Subject: Tr: NEWS RELEASE -~ Student Appeal Centre report

Collegues,

Priere de proceder rapidement a la lecture de ce document et de me dire ce que vous en

pensez .

Allan, est ce que Andree Dumoulon pent preparer un bref communique de presse (les

premieres phrases du rapport de Joanne pourraient etre reprises telles quelles par le

communique) .

Robert

„ Message d'origine '

De ■ : Robert Major

A : Joanne St. Lewis; Henri Wong

Cc : Allan Rock

Envoye : Mon Nov 17 08:46:02 2008

Ob jet : Re: NEWS RELEASE -- Student Appeal Centre report

Dear Professor St. Lewis,

May thanks to you and to Henri for your invaluable assistance.

I am away today and tomorrow, but will circulate your document to colleagues of the admin

committee, and should be back to you by tomorrow.

With my best wishes,

Robert M.

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Message d'origine --i- —

De : Joanne St. Lewis

A : Robert Major; Henri Wong

Cc : Allan Rock

Envoye : Sun Nov 16 18:'10:40 2008

Objet : RE: NEWS RELEASE — Student Appeal Centre report

Please find attached my draft evaluation of the SAC report. I am happy to respond to a ™
sucrcrestions that- von mav havo * -' llcl vyy i-o respona to any

suggestions that you may have.

Prof . Joanne St . Lewis

Director /Direc trice

Human Rights Research & Education Centre/

Centre de recherche et d' enseignement sur les droits de. la personne

Universite d' Ottawa / University of Ottawa

Pavilion Fauteux / Fauteux Hall

57 Louis Pasteur

(613) 562-5775

From: Robert Major

Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 1:12 PM

To i_ J ? anne ?t _r_ Lewis ; Henri Wpng _

Subject: TR: NEWS RELEASE ~ Student Appeal Centre report

"Info-;

Robert Major, msrc / frsc

Vice-recteur aux etudes / Vice-President Academic and Provost Universite d'Ottawa /
University of Ottawa 550, rue Cumberland Street Ottawa (ON) KIN 6N5 telephone /
telephone : 613 562-5737 telecopieur / fax : 613 562-5103

mailto : rmaj or@uOttawa . ca
www.uOttawa.ca/vr-etudes-academic

De : Andree Dumulon

Envoye : Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:28 AM A : Allan Rock Cc : Julie Cafley; Robert

Major; Alastair Mullin Objet : NEWS RELEASE -- Student Appeal Centre report

MEDIA ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 12th, 2008

Sttawa atmSnt ° f StUdentS ' Unfair ^actices and Systemic Racism at the University of

(OTTAWA 12/11/2008) The Student Appeal Centre (SAC), a service offered bv t h pc h , _
Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) released its second yearly LpoJt on
November 12, 2008. Last year, the SAC's first report generated significant SdiT
stents" ^ Pr ° dUCed imP ° rtant ° hangeS ^ U ^- P S i ty g polic y ed eSSing C Se treaLent of

The report titled Mistreatment of Students, Unfair Practices and Svstemir R*r-; c ™ al . «-u
Unxversity of Ottawa documents many inequitable practices Sargo^^LeSc^eaWt
the University of Ottawa. It is posted at ^auemic appeals at

http://sfuo.ca/services/appeals/en/reports.html

This year the report focuses on the rules and practices regarding academic fraud It
reveals that over 70% of the students who consults h^ **r * ™* 4 * ™ .- *f ,

reveals that over 70% of the students who consulted ^3^^ n^ ™ JJ
academic fraud m the past year^re visible minorities. The report denounces the fact
that students are treated as guilty until proof of the contrary. The report criticizes
the severity of the sanctions imposed on students who make innocent mistakes. riC1C1ZeS

The SAC report expresses several demands including a thorough revision of the Universitv
of Ottawa policy on academic fraud. university

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For more information:

Mireille Gervais

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Case. cresac@sf uo . ca
613-261-6647

SeamuS' Wolfe

Vice-President - University Affairs, Student Federation of the University of Ottawa
vp.university@sfuo.ca 613-562-5800 X 5966

Allan Rock

President, University of Ottawa

Allan . rock@uottawa . ca

613-562-5809

COMMUNIQUE

POUR DIFFUSION IMMEDIATE

12 nove'mbre, 2008

Racisme, injustice et mepris envers les etudiant(e)s a 1 'University d'Ottawa

(OTTAWA, 12/11/2008) Le Centre de recours etudiant (CRE), un service offert par la
Federation etudiant e - de l'Universite d'Ottawa (FEUO) a 'publie son deuxieme rapport annuel
le 12 novembre 2008. L'annee derniere, *le premier rapport annuel du CRE avait genere
beaucoup d'attention des medias et avait entraine d'importants changements aux reglements
de l'Universite.

Le document s'intitulant Racisme, injustice et mepris envers lea etudiant(e)s a
lUniversite d'Ottawa rapporte plusieurs pratiques inequitables s'SpUquani au „„««„,
d'appel de l'Universite d' Ottawa. Le rapport est disponible a 1 'adresse^uivante
http://sfuo.ca/services/appeals/fr/reports.html suivante .

Cette arinee, le rapport se consacre principalement aux questions reliees a la fraude
scolaire. On y revele que plus de 70% des etudiants qui consulted le CRE par Sport a
des accusations de fraude scolaire font partie des minorites visibles Le rtraort SnoL
le fait que les Etudiants sont coupables jusqu'a preuve du contraire Le rappSrt cSiS

:rreurs a de e bonne e foi S SanCtl ° nS ^ SOnt ^^ aUX ^ tUdiantS ^ ont ^ZTsles ^

Le rapport du CRE exprime plusieurs recommandations ' incluant une revision en profondeur
de la politique de l'Unxversite d'Ottawa sur la fraude scolaire. P^ronaeur

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Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements :

Mireille Gervais

Coordonnatrice, Centre de recours etudjan t case . rresa c @s fuo.c a

613-261-6647

Seamus Wolfe

Vice-president aux affaires universitaires - Federation etudiante de l'Unviersite
d'Ottawa vp.umversity@sfuo.ca 613-562-5800 X 5966

Allan Rock

Recteur, Universite d'Ottawa

Allan. rock@uottawa.ca

613-562-5809

Re: FW: final evaluation report of sac 2008 annual report

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From: Allan Rock ------------ ___, _

Sent: Tuesday November 1 8, 2008 6:08 PM

To: Andree Dumulon

Subject: FW: FW: final evaluation report of sac 2008 annua, report
Andree:
Can you join us in CA for this item?

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From: Robert Major ~~~~ -~---— ----------_-__ ___ __

Sen*- Tue 18/11/2008 6:05 PM

cr! a!!h"'T ; Vi ?° r S,mon; Mona Neffl er; Nathalie Des Rosiers
Cc: Andree Dumulon; Julie Cafley

Subject: Re: FW: final evaluation report of sac 2008 annual report

Allan,

Je propose une discussion au c.a. demain

Robert

Message d'origine

De : Alla tLRojck . ... . . . . . . . - . - ■ ■ . . ..... . - - ■ , _

Co R A^l^ J ° r; T ,Ct °: ?. im ° n; M ° na Nemer; Nathalie *• ^iers
Cc . Andree Dumulon; Julie Cafley

Envoy* : Tue Nov 18 17:13:46 2008

Objet : FW: final evaluation report of sac 2008 annual report

Robert:

I am lold tto we can expect 10 receive , translato Friday.
» ^ tor / h tU *^'< lte ™^sPoke S p» 1M1 ,if s he iswi ,, ing .

LSr^''*™' '» — "-paper, and any m ed,a outooff^pus ^carried st „,ies
* A copy should be prominently displayed on our web-site.

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"P- «'«°nai suggestions, as well as to propose who should take charge of follow-

Robert, thank you for managing all of this with such rapidity and effectiveness.
Allan

From: Joanne St Lewis

Sent: Tuesday November 18, 2008 4:42 PM

To: Robert Major; Allan Rock

Cc: Henri Wong; Jean-Marc Barrette

Subject final evaluation report of sac 2008 annual report

jsses*' " «** "»" ° f - — «- **. «,*, Appeal CMre ms ^ ^ , ]ook forward to

Prof. Joanne St. Lewis
Director/Directrice

Human Rights Research & Education Centre/
Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne
-Uni-versit4d*0ttawa-/-University-5f Ottawa^ — : — _ ' ~ —

Pavilion Fauteux / Fauteux Hall
57 Louis Pasteur
(613) 562-5775

24/04/2009

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Vice ^ e cteur a la governance - Vice-President, Governance

From: Allan Rock ""~~*~" "~"" ~

Sent: Sunday November 23, 2008 5:56 PM - , ■ .

To: Andree Dumulon

Cc: Julie Cafley; Alastair Mullin

Subject: RE: Varia

As to the "Execu ti ve S u mm ary" of Professor S ^-ewte^ptrrt, i i t oo is long and
not crystal clear. In my view, we'd be better with the just the report and a press
re ease lust sef+inn nnf fhA 'M-™ ii na « Mn ~\,..~-,*— H press

re/ease just setting out the "top line" conclusions.
IE:

• Professor St. Lewis, who conducted evaluation, is a recognised expert in
human rights, racism policy; she frequently advises outside clients-

. Professor St. Lewis concluded that Gervais Report (using her name makes it
clear which one we are referring to) has no statistical value: there were
simply too few cases examined from which one can responsibly draw the
Gonclusien-Ger-vais-'advoca't-es/'

Professor St. Lewis refutes Gervais Report claim that "students unfairly bear
onus". Professor St. Lewis establishes that any professor who makes an

allegation is required-to-prove-it- on-evidence. —

• etc etc

So keep it simple, avoid words like "Evaluation Report"-- readers will ask
themselves is that our report or Gervais'? Seems to me we have an important
message here, and it must emerge plainly if we are to regain public and student
confidence in a process that Gervais attacked (according to our expert) unfairly
and unreasonably.

For what it's worth...

From: Andree Dumulon
Sent: Sun 23/11/2008 5:09 PM
To: Allan Rock

Cc: Julie Cafley; Alastair Mullin
Subject: Varia

Bonjour M. Rock,

27/04/2009

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Release of Evaluation Report of the Student Appeal Centre 2008 Annual Report

We have received the translation of the document. Attached is an executive summary of the
Evaluation Report. The report is fairly lenghty. Therefore, we thought that we would Dost
Executive Summary alongside the report.

an

Let me know what you think.

Bonne soiree,

Andree

27/04/2009

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Victor Simon

From: Joanne St Lewis g^

To: Robert Major

Cc: Allan Rock; Vice-recteur Etudes; Nathalie Des Rosters; Mona Nemer; Victor Simon

Subject: RE: Report

Attachments:

Hello Robert,

issue

Take care t
Joanne

Prof. Joanne St. Lewis
Director/Directrice

Human Rights Research & Education Centre/

Centre de re^hercheetd'en

University d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa

Pavilion Fauteux / Fauteux Hall

57 Louis Pasteur

(613)562-5775

From: Robert Major

Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 11:26 AM

To: Joanne St Lewis

Cc: Allan Rock; Vice-recteur Etudes; Nathalie Des Rosiers; Mona Nemer; Victor Simon
Subject: Report

Bonjour Joanne,

https://mail.uottawt 07/07/2009

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A bought occurred to me, and I'm sorry to have missed it. The report of the SAC deals with appeals in
£2 m,m n ^^l CUlateS a PP roxim ? e| y *e full-time equivalent of students (each student taking a
SSSSSSX^ ^ nUmb6r ° f ° Ver200K And th * SAC is siandering

Best wishes,
Robert M.

Robert Major, msrc / frsc

Vice-recteur aux etudes / Vice-President Academic and Provost

University d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa

550, rue Cumberland Street

Ottawa (ON) K1N6N5

telephone / telephone : 613 562-5737

tetecopieur / fax : 613 562-5103

mailto:rmajor@uOttawa.ca
www.uOttawaxa/vr-etudes-academic

https://mail.uota^ 07/07/2009

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From: Andree Dumulon ™"""" ~~~~~«™, „_ „__

Sent: Wednesday November 26, 2008 7:00 AM

To: Allan Rock; Robert Major

Cc: Julie Cafley; Alastair Mullin

Subject: Ottawa Citizen re: evaluation report
Importance: High

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Section: City

Byline: Brendan Kennedy
Source: The Ottawa Citizen

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From: Andr6e Dumulon

Sent: Monday March 23, 2009 8:00 AM

To: Robert Major

Cc: Mireille Leroux

Subject: RE: SAC report follow up

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Aucun probleme - est-ce que vous avez quelques minutes pour en discuter?

Merci,

Andree

From: Robert Major

Sent: Monday March 23, 2009 6:23 AM

To: Andree Dumulon

Subject: Tr: SAC report follow up

Andree,,

Pour ton info.

J'aurai beseoin de tes services, egalement, pour rinformation a la communaute.

Merci,

Robert

De : Robert Major

A : Use Villeneuve; Rachel Ouellette; Jean-Marc Barrette

Envoye : Mon Mar 23 06:20:58 2009

Obj et : Tr : SAC report follow up :

Collegues,

Je vais avoir besoin de vos services pour fournir a madame St Lewis les donn^es et les outils dont elle a besoin. Je lui ai

demande de faire vite, alors il ne faudrait pas la ralentir. On peut en parler aujourd'hui?

Robert

De : Robert Major

A : Joanne St. Lewis

Envoye : Mon Mar 23 06:17:33 2009

Objet : Re: SAC report follow up

Dear Joanne,

I think you have made very useful observations and your reflexions on the process are quite convincing.

i don't have a problem with any of what you are bringing forward. There might be a problem with the consistancy of the

data, but you will be able to advise when you have seen it.

I will look into all of this immediately and get back to you.

Many thanks,

Robert

De : Joanne St. Lewis

A : Robert Major

Cc : Allan Rock; Julie Cafley; Bruce Feldthusen

Envoye : Fri Mar 20 14:21:45 2009

Objet : SAC report follow up .

Hello Robert,

Thank you very much for you letter of March 16, 2009, received today, confirming my appointment to conduct a systemic
review of the student academic fraud appeals process.

I note that you would like toe report to M ready by^^ participation; Upon

reflection, I believe that thee University will be vulnerable to well-founded criticism if we ask students to participate in the
review process during their examination period. Furthermore, I think that the students may wish to have an opportunity to
comment on the preliminary report. It would also be more fruitful for interviewees to be able to speak within the specific
context of the information I have gathered specific to their area of experience otherwise I may have to duplicate my time
with a follow up interview.

I will require a perspective on the actual functioning and vulnerabilities of the existing system to make effective use of any
interview time with individuals whether students, administrators or faculty. I will need to look at the following data sets for

-the-2007-2000 academfc-year. l-wocrldideallypreferto look at more than one academic year so would cover the past two

academic years if that meets with your approval:

(a) data on number of academic fraud complaints and their disposition by faculty/department - to be prepared by the
specific faculty of department.

(b) review of the SAC report data base

(c ) obtain a report from the SASS of its experience with the academic fraud process

(d) obtain a detailed report of the Senate appeals process data

I do not believe the data sets will be necessarily consistent and each will provide insight into the current operations of the
system.

The above will be best obtained by my developing a set formula for the reports from those preparing the information so
the data from the various sources can be compared - definitions and elements of the process must be identical for
efficacy and useful conclusions. Once this analysis is performed, certain gaps may be readily discernible or there may be
certain areas which will clearly not be of any concern.

To conduct the above, I will need the assistance of a student, preferably a graduate from the Education Faculty. Once the
preliminary analysis is complete, I will be able to identify who would be key interviews and the information that I would
require to further the analysis.

I will of course take full account of any instances of direct discrimination but the main focus of my analysis will be the
actual functioning of our academic fraud processes with an emphasis on the appeals process. Time of student interviews
which will be largely impressionistic or for which I lack information from the department/faculty will not be a productive
starting point. I do not believe my first interview should be with the SAC. I would like to first understand the data and
then be in a position to benefit from their perspective.

I appreciate the urgency of having the report completed as soon as possible, however I think that would be a mistake to
open the University up to the criticism that it was not genuinely interested in the student input and/or was insensitive to
the challenges posed by the exam period and therefore rushed the report.

What I propose is the following time table:

*a public announcement to the University community that I have been appointed to conduct the review

*a letter to the SAC asking them to cooperate with me in the sharing of the data and reassuring them that I will be

independent of the University and that all personal information provided will be strictly confidential and that any reports

will not in any way reflect said information or be available for use by the administration

*a request to each Assistant Dean (or individual responsible by department) to cooperate with me in the provision of the

information I require for the report - it would be helpful for me to have a complete list of these individuals and their contact

information as well

*hiring a student by the end of April to assist in the data analysis of the various reports over the summer

*publication of the preliminary report for comment on the University and SAC website

*l will be open to student interviews through out the summer including by telephone but will make sure there is an option a

the beginning of term for final student input

*l will conduct ail administrative and faculty related interviews during the summer months preferably during the months of
May and June

The above will expedite my capacity to elicit the necessary information.

Dojiote that I was already committed to a trip to Hong Kong for the Commonwealth Lawyers Association from April 3 rd to
1 6 and am in Crete from June 7 to 20 for an international conference on health equity before learning of this new
mandate.

I look forward to your comments,

Joanne

Prof. Joanne St. Lewis

Director/Directrice

Human Rights Research & Education Centre/

Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne

Universite d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa

Pa vilion Fauteux / Fa uteux Hall

57 Louis Pasteur
(613)562-5775